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24hrsAday · 05-20-2012, 08:41 AM

just got home from another GREAT morning meeting. the topic was living one day at a time from Daily Reflections it was a much needed reminder.. we can only live one day at a time..

NYCDoglvr · 05-20-2012, 09:00 AM

It's only today I don't drink x 20.5 years.

stairs · 05-20-2012, 09:01 AM

Me too!! I read the Daily Reflections at the meeting! But ours was a step meeting.

24hrsAday · 05-20-2012, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by NYCDoglvr

It's only today I don't drink x 20.5 years.

that is a LOT of one day at a times!

Boleo · 05-20-2012, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by 24hrsAday

... we can only live one day at a time..

I like the saying when it is worded in such a way that it does not imply a struggle. We live life ODAAT. We have a daily reprieve ODAAT. We stay spiritually fit ODAAT.

However, it was at least a couple of years before I realized that most people were not meaning it as "white-knuckling it ODAAT" as I originally thought. IMO saying it in such a way as to imply "Don't drink even if your a$$ falls off ODAAT" turns it into a temporized message.

Alcoholics of my type can't simply choose to "not-drink ODAAT" and to imply that is as good as it gets, does us more harm than good. As long as I thought sobriety was a never ending struggle, I though sobriety sucked.

The moment I had a Spiritual Awakening, I realized recovery was the opposite of struggle. It was a liberation.

24hrsAday · 05-20-2012, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Boleo

I like the saying when it is worded in such a way that it does not imply a struggle. We live life ODAAT. We have a daily reprieve ODAAT. We stay spiritually fit ODAAT.

However, it was at least a couple of years before I realized that most people were not meaning it as "white-knuckling it ODAAT" as I originally thought. IMO saying it in such a way as to imply "Don't drink even if your a$$ falls off ODAAT" turns it into a temporized message.

Alcoholics of my type can't simply choose to "not-drink ODAAT" and to imply that is as good as it gets, does us more harm than good. As long as I thought sobriety was a never ending struggle, I though sobriety sucked.

The moment I had a Spiritual Awakening, I realized recovery was the opposite of struggle. It was a liberation.

^ it can mean whatever you want it to i guess. for me it literally means living "in" today and that is it.

Tommyh · 05-20-2012, 02:48 PM

when I first got to AA,it meant staying sober today.
I thought that was neat and I thought I could do it.
Today,it means living in today,in the here and now and not worrying about tomorrow or fretting over yesterday

2granddaughters · 05-20-2012, 06:57 PM

The Big Book says we get "a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition".

24hrsAday · 05-21-2012, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by 2granddaughters

The Big Book says we get "a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition".

^ Exactly. no more no less. one at a time..

shaun00 · 05-21-2012, 07:56 AM

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a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition".

^ Thats the small print "on the one day at at time" theory .

05-20-2012, 08:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
24hrsAday Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Living in Today! Posts: 2,896	meeting topic: one day at a time! just got home from another GREAT morning meeting. the topic was living one day at a time from Daily Reflections it was a much needed reminder.. we can only live one day at a time.. __________________ "We Realize We Know Only a Little. God Will Constantly Disclose More To You and to Us" BB 1st Edition p.164

05-20-2012, 09:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
stairs Peace Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 1,137 Blog Entries: 72	Me too!! I read the Daily Reflections at the meeting! But ours was a step meeting. __________________ Clean Date 08~20~12

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2granddaughters in my 24th year of sobriety Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Canada. About as far south as you can get Posts: 4,391	The Big Book says we get "a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition". __________________ . . .If you want to drink, that's your business ..... .If you want to quit, that's A.A.'s business. . . --- driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity. . . L.D. 1989

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NYCDoglvr Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: New York, NY Posts: 2,527	It's only today I don't drink x 20.5 years.

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Tommyh Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 18,952	when I first got to AA,it meant staying sober today. I thought that was neat and I thought I could do it. Today,it means living in today,in the here and now and not worrying about tomorrow or fretting over yesterday

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